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Prosecutor Richard Parkhouse said that two of the complainants had been shopping at Tesco Express in Abbey Manor Park when the defendants were alleged to have approached them and threatened to cut open their throats and make them bleed but they managed to run away.

They then saw the defendants approach two other males on a footbridge over a stream bordering the estate with Monks Dale.

One of the males allegedly held the knife just one inch away from the face of one of the complainants leaving him terrified he was going to be stabbed and then made off with a wallet and phone and a bag of food.

Neither defendant entered any pleas to the alleged offences and the magistrates said the case was so serious that they must both be sent straight to Taunton Crown Court to stand trial.

They adjourned all matters until October 1 when they must appear before a pre trial hearing at Taunton.

Until then the magistrates released the youth and Case on conditional bail.

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